WordPress Development Lead

Blacksmith Agency — Canada · Posted ~2 hours ago

Lead Full-time Remote

Skills

WordPress PHP Custom WordPress development Client communication Client-facing leadership AI-assisted development English AI

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A remote senior development leadership role for a strong WordPress engineer who can combine hands-on PHP development with client-facing ownership. You will scope projects, connect technical decisions to business goals, lead custom themes, templates, plugins and blocks, and use AI to improve development efficiency while maintaining high-quality sites.

Highlights

Lead end-to-end custom WordPress development while staying hands-on with real code. The role offers strong ownership, direct client interaction, opportunities to improve development efficiency with AI, and the chance to shape fast, clean, custom web builds.

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.