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Hasan Samer Dayoub

Damascus, Syria

Hasan Samer Dayoub

Backend-focused Full-Stack Developer | Laravel · Node.js · React

I build clean, well-tested REST APIs with Laravel and Node.js, and React interfaces on top of them.

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About

Backend-focused full-stack developer with 13 months of project-based training in PHP/Laravel and JavaScript (Node.js, Express, React, MongoDB). I built 3 Laravel APIs on my own (HireHub, NewsRoom and the LazyRoom backend, 66 REST endpoints) and contributed to 3 more team projects, using layered architectures, Sanctum/JWT authentication, role-based access control, queued jobs, Redis caching and automated tests. Currently training on-site at Bytes4Future (Aga Khan Foundation).

  • 66REST endpoints I built on my own
  • 6projects (3 APIs built solo)
  • 13 moproject-based training
  • 2certified internship levels

Technical skills

Backend

  • PHP 8
  • Laravel
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • RESTful APIs
  • API versioning

Architecture

  • OOP
  • MVC
  • SOLID
  • Repository & Service patterns
  • Events
  • Queues & jobs
  • Cron scheduling
  • WebSockets (Pusher)

Security

  • Laravel Sanctum
  • JWT
  • RBAC
  • Policies
  • Form Request
  • Zod

Databases

  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Eloquent ORM
  • Transactions

Frontend

  • JavaScript (ES6+)
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Blade
  • HTML5
  • CSS3

Testing & Tools

  • Pest
  • PHPUnit
  • Unit testing
  • Postman
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • GitHub Actions (CI)

Currently learning

  • React & Node.jsFull-stack JavaScript · since Aug 2026
  • EnglishBytes4Future English track · since Aug 2026

Experience

Full-Stack Developer Trainee · Bytes4Future, Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) · On-site

Aug 2026 – Present
  • Training across 3 parallel tracks: full-stack development (JavaScript, Node.js, Express.js, React), Soft Skills and Business, and English.
  • Co-developed the Institute Management System (see Projects) with a team of 3: a Node.js REST API consumed by a 13-page React dashboard.

Backend Developer Trainee · focal X · Remote

Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
  • Completed two 4-month remote backend internship tracks, Level 1 (Sep – Dec 2025) and Level 2 (Mar – Jul 2026), building production-style Laravel APIs against real business requirements.
  • Built 5 Laravel projects: HireHub and NewsRoom (solo), LazyRoom (sole backend developer in a team project), Alumni Network and Property Management System (team), applying Repository and Service patterns, domain events, queued jobs and Sanctum authentication.
  • Collaborated in teams through Git and GitHub (personal and feature branches, pull requests) and documented the APIs with Postman collections.

Selected projects

Open live demo ↗Institute Management System screenshotFree hosting · first load ~1 min

Institute Management System

Team of 3

Full-Stack Platform · Oct 2026

  • Node.js
  • Express 5
  • MongoDB
  • React 19
  • Tailwind CSS

Academy platform for 4 roles with JWT auth, Zod validation and MongoDB transactions; scheduled jobs close courses and promote students automatically.

Details
  • Developed an academy platform for 4 roles (admin, secretary, teacher, student) with JWT authentication, Zod validation and MongoDB transactions for multi-document updates.
  • Automated course closing and student promotion with node-cron jobs, covered by unit tests, and built analytics dashboards with Recharts.
Live demo ↗GitHub →
Open live demo ↗Alumni Network screenshotFree hosting · first load ~1 min

Alumni Network

Team

REST API · Jul – Aug 2026

  • Laravel 13
  • Sanctum
  • Pusher
  • Redis
  • Pest

My part of a university alumni API: the events module, real-time notifications with queued jobs and Pusher, and password reset, all covered by Pest tests.

Details
  • Built the university events module (CRUD, registration, attendance, reminders), notifications management (endpoints, queued jobs, real-time Pusher delivery) and password reset/change.
  • Covered the events, notifications and password features with Pest feature tests.
Live demo ↗API docs ↗GitHub →
Open live demo ↗LazyRoom screenshotMobile app by a teammate (Flutter)Free hosting · first load ~1 min

LazyRoom

Team

Multi-Vendor Ordering API · May 2026

  • Laravel 12
  • Sanctum
  • MySQL

Built the whole backend: orders, suppliers and an in-app wallet. Row locking keeps payments safe: 20 parallel requests on one order charge it exactly once.

Details
  • Built the entire backend on my own: customers, suppliers and admins, an order state machine, and wallet payments kept safe under concurrency with database transactions and row locking (pessimistic locking); measured with 20 parallel requests on one order (charged once) and 50 parallel requests across orders (never overdrawn).
Live demo ↗API docs ↗GitHub →
Open live demo ↗NewsRoom screenshotFree hosting · first load ~1 min

NewsRoom

Individual

Headless CMS API · May 2026

  • Laravel 12
  • Sanctum
  • Redis
  • MySQL

Headless CMS with versioned APIs (v1/v2), contextual binding, Redis atomic locks against cache stampedes, rate limiting and scheduled report jobs.

Details
  • Served web and mobile clients from one codebase via versioned APIs (v1/v2), swapping implementations with contextual binding instead of duplicating controllers.
  • Prevented cache stampedes (many requests rebuilding the same cache at once) with Redis atomic locks, rate-limited the API to 60 requests per minute, and scheduled monthly archiving and weekly report jobs.
Live demo ↗API docs ↗GitHub →
Open live demo ↗HireHub screenshotFree hosting · first load ~1 min

HireHub

Individual

Freelance Marketplace API · Apr 2026

  • Laravel 12
  • MySQL
  • Sanctum
  • Events

Freelance marketplace API for 3 roles with Repository and Service layers and events. Eager loading cut the project listing from 48 to 5 queries per page.

Details
  • Architected an API serving 3 roles (client, freelancer, admin) over 10 Eloquent models, with Repository and Service layers and an event-driven proposal flow that can be extended without rewriting existing code (Open/Closed principle).
  • Cut the project listing from 48 to 5 queries per page (15 projects, measured) by eliminating N+1 queries with eager loading and withCount; cached admin analytics for 10 minutes and logged request latency through custom middleware.
Live demo ↗API docs ↗GitHub →
Open live demo ↗Property Management System screenshotAdmin dashboard (team UI)Free hosting · first load ~1 min

Property Management System

Team

Booking Platform · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

  • Laravel 12
  • Blade
  • Tailwind CSS
  • MySQL

Team booking platform for 3 roles. My part: admin user management, booking messages, customer ratings, and property and booking reports.

Details
  • Team: booking workflows, role-based authorization for 3 roles, reviews and ratings, and paginated dashboards.
  • My part: admin user management (create employees, change roles, activate and deactivate accounts), employee-to-customer booking messages, customer ratings, and property and booking reports.
Live demo ↗GitHub →

Education & certifications

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Informatics Engineering (Software Engineering)

University of Latakia, Syria · 2022 – 2027 (expected)

Languages

  • Arabic: Native
  • English: B1, actively improving through the Bytes4Future English track

Certifications

  • focal X Backend Internship, Levels 1 & 2Aug 2026
    Two 4-month tracks · certified by the American Institute for Applied Education (AIAE, CertiPro), Passed with Distinction

Get in touch

Available now for part-time work and full-time from Aug 2027 (remote or on-site; open to relocation). Send me a message or reach me directly.

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