# Maxwell Tardif

> Derivatives Engineering at Galaxy | BSE in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Duke University

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/maxwelltardif

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer - Derivatives Engineering Team @ Galaxy
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Treasurer and Secretary of the Board of Directors @ BullCityDAO
Jan 2024 – Present

### President @ Duke eNable
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
•	Manage student engineering organization dedicated to developing 3D printed adaptive devices (prosthetics), free of cost, for amputees in the community

### Project Neural Net Team Lead @ Duke eNable
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024
•	Prototype EMG sensors for electrical signal measurement 
•	Construct a neural network to process signal data and categorize it
•	Coordinate team research and prototyping

### Co-President @ Duke Blockchain Lab
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
•	Organize/lead events and group research projects on Solidity programming, different blockchain ecosystems, and major cryptocurrencies

### Head of Data and Research @ Duke Blockchain Lab
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
•	Consult with corporate partners on blockchain products and implementation
•	Model tokenomics and liquidity necessary to implement a blockchain based rewards system

### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025
•	TA for Professor Campbell Harvey’s graduate level course on blockchain and cryptocurrencies
•	The central topic of the course is understanding blockchain technology and its application to decentralized finance or DeFi/in addition to discussing DeFi and other business applications of blockchain, the course covers some ground on necessary concepts from cryptography (hashing, digital signatures, public/private keys, ciphers, etc.)

### Engineering Branch Chief @ Duke Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
•	Lead engineering research projects related to space, design circuits and Arduino code for a CubeSat prototype

### Data Engineering Intern @ Galaxy
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
•	Develop numerous GET and POST endpoints for a derivatives risk parameter API using FastAPI
•	Build a CLI application to continuously aggregate risk calculations by position from various PostgreSQL tables, process this data, and upsert the information into a new table
•	Design suite of comprehensive tests for a SABR model options pricing application using Pytest

### Software Engineering and Data Analyst Intern @ Lumentum LLC
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
•	Conduct data modeling on tax lien financial data utilizing Excel and PowerBI
•	Write Python code to parse JSON real estate data and transform it into .xlsx, .csv, and .txt data 
•	Write Python code to parse .csv geospatial data and transform it into GeoJSON data to create vector tile sets for a mapping service
•	Monitor for UI/UX bugs and recommend areas for technical improvement within company applications

### Information Technology Specialist @ Indian River County Supervisor of Elections Office
Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Vero Beach, Florida, United States
•	Maintain and operate ClearBallot election audit software
•	Monitor internal network security/troubleshoot network malfunctions 
•	Coordinate reconfiguration of server room facilities
•	Carry out migration of DNS and database servers.

### Research Fellow @ FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Fort Pierce, Florida, United States
•	Investigate waterways and nutrient conditions within the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem
•	Conduct field and lab-based water testing
•	Present scientific research at the Indian River Lagoon Symposium.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Duke University

### Vero Beach High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maxwell-tardif-0b6665186

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Last updated: 2026-04-05