WordPress Solutions Lead (Remote, Gqeberha)

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

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency invites a Senior WordPress Solutions Lead to drive end-to-end custom WordPress projects for US clients. You’ll scope builds, map client objectives to technical plans, and code while guiding a team and maintaining project health.

You will advocate for AI-driven efficiencies, own client communication, and ensure fast, clean, and highly customized sites. Excellent English is essential for client-facing work.

Qualifications

• Strong custom WordPress development experience.
• Ability to scope work to client business objectives.
• Fluency in English for client communication.
• Experience leading or owning builds.

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

JavaScript

Client-facing communication

AI-powered development

Job description

Blacksmith Agency

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

• 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 Solutions 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.