I'm Ali Itawi, a back-end engineer specializing in Spring Boot and distributed systems. With over 700 LeetCode problems solved and a mind shaped by chess, I tackle systems like puzzles: clean, scalable, and precise.

• 🧠 42 Piscine graduate, mastered low-level C, memory, and pointer logic under pressure
• 🛠️ Builder of robust, maintainable back-end architectures
• ♟️ Chess strategist | Clean code advocate | Lifelong learner
• 🌐 Visit my portfolio

• 🎓 B.S. in Math & Computer Science
• 🏗️ 700+ LeetCode problems solved, algorithmic thinker by design
• 🧰 Created tools and systems that improve developer workflows
• 🌍 Seeking high-impact roles in distributed systems & scalable architecture

• ♟️ ChessMaster
  (A full-featured chess game implementation built with Spring Boot.)

• 🔲 LargestEmptySquare-DP
  A dynamic programming solution in C to find the largest empty square in a grid containing obstacles.

🔍 Want more? Browse the rest of my repos or visit aliitawi.me for in-depth project overviews.

Like a good chess strategy, clean code is simple, calculated, and efficient. I write code that scales and systems that last, guided by relentless curiosity and precision.

"You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win."