Yousef Sabbagh | Product-Minded Builder

Open to product internships and roles

I talk to users, define the MVP and write the requirements, then build it myself in React and TypeScript. From customer conversations to a live product.

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Discovery: Customer interviews
Scope: MVP & requirements
Build: React · TypeScript
Ship: Live products

YOUSEF SABBAGHPRODUCT / BUILDER

Product-minded builder

Damascus, Syria · Remote-ready

From the user's problem to a live product.Selected work

ReactTypeScriptLaravelPHPTailwind CSSPostgreSQLMariaDBGit

Selected work

Products built around real workflows.

Each project starts from a real user problem: what I learned from customers, what I chose to build first, and how I shipped it.

01Tutoring Marketplace · Parents and University Students

Ustazna

Live productBuilt at Startup Syria Hackathon

A marketplace where parents request a vetted university student to teach their child a specialty (programming, design, photography, drawing, architecture or medicine) or to tutor school subjects, at home or online.

Spoke with 5–6 parents before building, then built the first demo solo in a 5-hour hackathon and pitched it to judges in 3 minutes.
Judges' feedback showed the pitch mixed three problems; narrowed the MVP to one (children discovering a university specialty early) and kept school tutoring as a secondary line.
Turned the demo into a live service in three days: parent request form, tutor application, and an admin panel for vetting, matching and export, on a fixed $18 build budget.
Designed trust into the flow: in-person vetting before acceptance, an adult at home for the first lesson, and payment only after the first lesson.

Node.jsExpressPostgreSQLJavaScript

Live site

Interface in Arabic — built for families in Damascus.

From an internship MVP to a startup-competition finalist.

02B2B Ordering Platform for Construction Contractors

Buildak

Syria Build Week 2026 · Top 12 FinalistLive product

A two-sided ordering platform where contractors list the materials and quantities they need, suppliers send competing offers, and contractors buy cash or in installments — with delivery handled by the platform.

Customer discovery showed contractors usually buy on credit from traders they know — validated with a contracting company and added an installment option (30% upfront, rest over 3 months) beside cash.
Shipped a contractor app (catalog, cart, side-by-side offer comparison, confirmation, tracking) and a separate supplier dashboard for pricing requests and managing pickups.
Set a focused scope: Arabic-only RTL interface, platform-handled delivery, and a supplier-commission business model, free for contractors at launch.
Selected in the top 12 of 30 participants at Syria Build Week 2026 (Startup Grind Damascus).

ReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLTailwind CSS

Contractor app Supplier dashboard

Interface in Arabic — built for the Syrian construction market.

Evolved after customer discovery

03B2B Construction Procurement Platform · v1

Mawad

Devista Internship MVP · Demo Day

A role-based procurement platform that helps contractors submit material requests, receive private quotations from matched suppliers, and compare complete offers in one place.

Created separate contractor and supplier experiences with role-based dashboards and procurement workflows.
Built multi-step material requests, supplier matching, RFQ invitations, quotation status tracking, and supplier profiles.
Added AI-assisted request creation and plain-language quote insights to simplify complex procurement decisions.

ReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSSupabase

Live demo

04Full-Stack Project Management Platform

TeamFlow

A complete project and task management application for organizing teams, members, assignments, priorities, statuses, due dates, and project progress through one connected system.

Designed a Laravel REST API with structured resources, form requests, and relational data models.
Implemented secure Sanctum authentication, protected routes, and owner/member authorization rules.
Built a responsive React dashboard with search, filtering, form validation, loading states, and clear error handling.
Verified with 87 PHPUnit tests (435 assertions), browser testing, linting and production builds.

87 tests

ReactLaravelJavaScriptTailwind CSSMariaDBLaravel Sanctum

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05Offline-First PWA Built for a Working Teacher

Teacher Organizer

An installable app built for a working teacher to manage students, sessions, tasks and schedules, shaped by the teacher's real constraints: an iPhone, no Mac, and a fear of losing data.

Started from one real user: a working teacher who needed to run students, sessions and schedules from an iPhone.
With no Mac for a native iOS build, chose an installable PWA that works offline, so it runs on the teacher's phone without the App Store.
Data loss was the teacher's main worry, so JSON backup and restore became a core feature, not an extra.
Built offline-first storage with IndexedDB and Dexie, plus an upcoming-session dashboard for daily use.

ReactTypeScriptIndexedDBDexiePWA

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How I work

A clear path from problem to launch.

Understand first. Agree on the scope. Build in steps you can review. Then put the product in real hands.

Discover
understand the business problem and the users.
Scope
define the MVP, flows and requirements in a written spec.
Build
ship in small, reviewed iterations you can test along the way.
Launch
deploy, verify, and support the first real users.

Skills

Product sense, backed by real engineering.

I start from the user and the business problem, then carry the solution through interface, logic and data, so what I specify is something I know can be built.

01 / EXPERTISE

Product

Understanding the problem, defining the first useful version, and mapping the experience before building.

Customer discoveryCustomer interviewsMVP scopingRequirements & specsUser flowsCompetitor researchBusiness models

02 / EXPERTISE

Frontend Engineering

Responsive, maintainable interfaces built around reusable components and complete user flows.

ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptHTML5CSS3Tailwind CSSReact RouterAxiosVitePWA

03 / EXPERTISE

Backend Engineering

Structured server-side applications, business rules, secure access, and clean API contracts.

PHPLaravelREST APIsLaravel SanctumEloquent ORMAuthenticationAuthorizationOOP

04 / EXPERTISE

Data & Persistence

Relational database design and local-first storage selected to fit each product workflow.

SQLMariaDBSQLiteSupabaseIndexedDBDexieDatabase Relationships

05 / EXPERTISE

Engineering Workflow

Practical tools for building, integrating, documenting, and delivering web applications.

GitGitHubComposernpmPostmanXAMPPPowerShellVS Code

Experience

From problem discovery to a working product.

My practical experience combines software delivery with understanding the business workflow the system must support.

Devista Levant

Technology Intern

Practical Technology Internship Program

Jun 2026 — Jul 2026

interns selected from 130+ applicants

MVP

delivered from requirements to Demo Day

2 roles

contractor and supplier product flows

Researched the construction procurement problem and translated findings into a focused product scope.
Defined Mawad's requirements, contractor and supplier journeys, role permissions, and core procurement workflow.
Built and refined the working MVP, then presented the product and business concept to mentors and judges during Demo Day.

Milestones

Achievements

Syria Build Week 2026 — Startup Grind Damascus

One of 30 participants; Buildak selected in the top 12 for the final stage.

Devista Practical Technology Internship

Selected as 1 of 5 interns from 130+ applicants; program run fully in English with Devista's team in Romania.

About me

I start with the user's problem, then build the product.

I'm Yousef Sabbagh, an Information Technology Engineering student who works where product and engineering meet. I talk to the people who will use a product, decide what the first version must do, and write it down clearly enough to build.

Because I can build it myself (React, TypeScript, Laravel and SQL), my requirements stay realistic and I can ship a working MVP to test with real users. I'm looking for product internships and roles, and I still take on selected freelance MVP projects.

Languages: Arabic (native), English (C1).

Education

B.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering

University of Damascus · 2024 — Expected 2029

Services

From a first idea to a product people use.

A focused first version, a business tool, or a complete application. I connect the interface, the logic, and the data.

MVP Development

Turn an idea into a working first version: scope, user flows, and a deployable product.

Business Web Apps & Dashboards

Admin panels, internal tools, ordering and management systems with roles and permissions.

Full-Stack Web Applications

React frontends with Laravel REST APIs, authentication, and relational databases.

Product-Focused Websites

Fast, responsive, SEO-ready websites built around a clear goal.

Contact

Have a project or a role in mind? Let's talk.

A product role, an internship, or an MVP to scope and build. Tell me what you have in mind.

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