WordPress Development Lead

Blacksmith Agency — United States · Posted ~3 hours ago

Lead Full-time Remote

Skills

CMS PHP Custom Themes Plugins AI Git

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Lead a remote development team to deliver custom website projects using a popular open‑source CMS. You will scope client requirements, build themes, templates, and plugins, and integrate AI tools to streamline development while ensuring high‑quality code. Strong communication skills in English and expertise in CMS customization, PHP, and version control are essential.

Highlights

Lead end‑to‑end custom website development projects, designing themes, templates, and plugins for a widely used CMS platform. Integrate AI tools to accelerate development, ensure high‑quality code, and act as the primary technical liaison with clients. Strong skills in CMS customization, PHP, and clear English communication are required.

Description

Blacksmith Agency Engineering Full time Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa) About The Role Blacksmith Agency builds high-performance custom websites for clients across the US. As WordPress Development Lead at Blacksmith, you lead custom WordPress work end to end. You are the face of development for your clients. You scope the build, understand the client's business objectives and tie the work back to them, drive efficiencies with AI, and lead builds that are fast, clean and custom. You still write and review real code. This is a senior, client-facing lead for a strong developer who can also talk to clients. Excellent English required. What You Will Own Scope client work against business objectives and set the build approach.Lead custom WordPress builds: themes, templates, plugins and blocks.Drive efficiency with AI across the development process.Be the development voice the client hears, and keep their sites healthy. What You Bring Strong custom WordPress and PHP, plus modern HTML, CSS and JavaScript.The ability to scope work and tie it to a client's business goals.Real fluency using AI to drive development efficiency.Client-facing communication and excellent English.Experience leading or owning builds, not just closing tickets. How To Apply Apply in two minutes at the link. Your application is reviewed once you finish a short 6 minute Predictive Index assessment, so use the same email throughout.