WordPress Team Lead (Remote, Kitchener)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; United States; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency seeks a Senior WordPress Team Lead to own end-to-end builds for clients across the US and Canada. You will scope the work, lead custom WordPress themes, templates, plugins and blocks, and drive efficiency with AI while delivering fast, clean, and custom code.

This is a senior, client-facing role requiring excellent English and the ability to communicate with clients and manage projects end-to-end.

Qualifications

• Senior WordPress expertise with full-stack understanding (themes, templates, plugins, blocks).
• Excellent English communication for client-facing leadership and requirements gathering.
• Ability to scope work to business goals and drive efficiencies with AI.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

WordPress

PHP

HTML/CSS/JS

Client-facing communication

Team lead experience

Tools

Git

AI tooling

Job description

• Remote (USA, Canada, Latin America or South Africa)

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 Team 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.