Hire a Freelance Full Stack Developer in Lebanon: Brief, Test and Milestones

A full stack developer builds both halves of a web product: what users see (the front end) and what runs behind it (the server, the database, the connections to payments or email). Hiring one freelance in Lebanon makes sense when you have one product to build and want one person accountable for all of it. This guide covers when that is the right call, what to put in the brief, how to test a candidate and how to split the work into milestones.

When one full stack developer is the right hire

Choose a full stack freelancer when:

• You are building a first version of a product: a booking tool, a marketplace, a members area, an internal dashboard.
• The scope is clear enough to write down, and one person can hold the whole system in their head.
• You want a single point of contact instead of coordinating a designer, a front-end developer and a back-end developer.

Choose something else when:

• You need a simple brochure site. A WordPress developer or a Shopify developer is usually the faster route.
• The main work is a phone app. See how to hire a mobile app developer.
• The product is large and has deadlines that one person cannot meet. Then compare a freelancer with a team, as in freelance web developer or agency.

What goes in the project brief

A good brief is the cheapest way to get a good proposal. Include:

1. The goal in two sentences. Who uses it, and what should they be able to do that they can't today?
2. The core flows. Sign-up, the main action, payment if there is one, an admin view.
3. Constraints you already have. An existing website or database, a required language or framework, hosting you already pay for, Arabic and right-to-left support.
4. What is out of scope for version one. This is what protects the budget.
5. Deadline and budget range. State a range in dollars. A developer cannot judge scope without it. Furrsati does not set freelancer prices: each freelancer prices their own work and the amount is agreed between both parties before anything starts.
6. Who owns the code and accounts. Say that the repository, the hosting account and the domain are in your name from day one. See who owns delivered work.

Our longer guide, how to write a website brief for a web developer, has a template.

What drives the price

We don't publish a single price for full stack work, because it depends on what is built. As a rule, simple or template-based work starts lower; custom design, speed, integrations, specialist expertise or heavier revisions push the price higher. Ask each candidate to break their price down by milestone so you can compare like with like.

How to test a candidate

• Look at running work, not screenshots. Ask for links to live products and for what they personally built. Our portfolio vetting guide lists what to check.
• Ask them to restate your brief. A good developer will point out gaps and risks before quoting.
• Ask how they deploy and hand over. Who sets up hosting? Where are the backups? What documentation do you get?
• Pay for a small paid test, not a free trial. A short, defined first milestone is a fair test for both sides.

Also read how to evaluate freelancer proposals and the red flags when hiring a freelancer.

Split the build into milestones

A typical structure for a first version:

1. Foundation: the data model, sign-in and the skeleton of the main screens.
2. Core flow: the main thing users do, working end to end.
3. Extras: payments, emails, the admin view, Arabic and right-to-left polish.
4. Launch: testing, deployment, handover of code, accounts and documentation.

On Furrsati you fund each milestone before work begins and approve the work to release the money, with Furrsati holding the funds in between. Disputes have a decision target of 48 hours. More in how to set milestones when hiring a freelancer.

Where to find one

Browse the directory of identity-verified freelancers or post a project and compare proposals. Furrsati is a marketplace for Lebanon operated from Beirut; work is remote and contracts are in USD, so developers and clients are not all in one place. For a step-by-step walkthrough, see the hiring guide.