About Me

Hi! I’m Iffath Salah, a computer science student with a deep interest in building complex systems, understanding the internals of how things work, and solving hard engineering problems.

My interests lie in areas like:

• Distributed systems
• Backend and infrastructure engineering
• Machine learning
• Scalable architectures
• Low latency and high performance programming

I’m more fascinated by what’s happening under the hood — how data moves, how systems coordinate at scale, and how to make things fast, reliable, and maintainable.

My Approach

I believe in:

• Understanding before building – I spend time learning how technologies work before trying to use them.
• Engineering for scale and correctness – I’m drawn to problems that require thoughtful design and careful tradeoffs.
• Continuous learning – I read papers, source code, and books regularly to deepen my understanding.

What I’m Doing Now

• Studying computer science and focusing on systems-related courses.
• Building small-scale systems to explore core concepts
• Contributing / exploring open-source projects related to my interest mentioned above.

Long-Term Goals

I want to work on systems that enable others to build more efficiently — whether that’s at the scale of a global cloud provider, a research lab, or a startup solving foundational technical problems.

If any of that resonates with you, or you’re working on something interesting — feel free to reach out!