Lead WordPress Engineer - AI Driven, Remote

Blacksmith Agency; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,959,000 - 2,938,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency builds high-performance custom websites for clients across the US. As WordPress Tech Lead at Blacksmith, you lead custom WordPress work end to end. You are the face of development for your clients, scope the build, understand objectives and tie the work back to them, drive efficiencies with AI, and lead builds that are fast, clean and custom.

This is a senior, client-facing lead for a strong developer who can also talk to clients. Excellent English required.

Qualifications

• Senior WordPress development experience with PHP.
• Strong front-end skills: HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Ability to scope client work to business objectives.
• Fluent English and excellent client communication.

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 sites healthy.

Skills

WordPress

PHP

HTML/CSS/JS

Client communication

Job description

Blacksmith Agency builds high-performance custom websites for clients across the US. As WordPress Tech Lead at Blacksmith, you lead custom WordPress work end to end. You are the face of development for your clients, scope the build, understand objectives and tie the work back to them, drive efficiencies with AI, and lead builds that are fast, clean and custom.

This is a senior, client-facing lead for a strong developer who can also talk to clients. Excellent English required.