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Role overview
Reference · liverole:architect
Architect overview
Designs and governs the overarching technical architecture of systems and platforms, ensuring decisions optimize for scalability, reliability, maintainability, and security across a portfolio of products. Produces Architecture Decision Records, leads cross-team design reviews, and establishes patterns and reference implementations that engineering teams adopt. Influences technology strategy and evaluates emerging tools and paradigms for adoption fitness.
Attributes
displayName
Architect
isAgentic
false
automatability
0.6
description
Designs and governs the overarching technical architecture of systems and platforms,
ensuring decisions optimize for scalability, reliability, maintainability, and
security across a portfolio of products. Produces Architecture Decision Records,
leads cross-team design reviews, and establishes patterns and reference implementations
that engineering teams adopt. Influences technology strategy and evaluates emerging
tools and paradigms for adoption fitness.
seniority
principal
Outgoing edges
holds_responsibility5
- responsibility:architecture-decision·ResponsibilityArchitecture Decision
- responsibility:risk-assessment·ResponsibilityRisk Assessment
- responsibility:documentation·ResponsibilityDocumentation
- responsibility:knowledge-sharing·ResponsibilityKnowledge Sharing
- responsibility:vendor-evaluation·ResponsibilityVendor Evaluation
requires_skill4
- specialization:software-architecture·Specialization
- domain:software-engineering·DomainSoftware Engineering
- domain:cloud-infra·DomainCloud Infrastructure
- domain:security·DomainSecurity
Incoming edges
delegates_to2
- role:vp-engineering·RoleVP of Engineering
- role:cto·RoleChief Technology Officer
held_by1
- responsibility:api-design-governance·ResponsibilityAPI design governance
involves_role7
- workflow:technical-debt-reduction·WorkflowTechnical Debt Reduction
- workflow:api-design-review·WorkflowAPI Design Review
- workflow:architecture-decision-record·WorkflowArchitecture Decision Record
- workflow:sdk-api-design·WorkflowSDK / API Design
- workflow:protocol-implementation-review·WorkflowProtocol Implementation Review
- workflow:crypto-protocol-review·WorkflowCryptographic Protocol Review
- workflow:legacy-migration-sprint·WorkflowLegacy Migration Sprint
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- lib-skill:devops-sre-platform--generating-gcp-diagrams·LibrarySkillgenerating-gcp-diagrams
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- stack-profile:api-gateway-microservices·StackProfileAPI Gateway & Microservices (Kong/Envoy + gRPC + Kubernetes + Go)
- stack-profile:grpc-microservice-mesh·StackProfilegRPC Microservice Mesh Stack (Go, gRPC, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Prometheus)
- stack-profile:multi-tenant-saas-backend·StackProfileMulti-Tenant SaaS Backend Stack (NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis, Stripe, Docker)
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- stack-profile:micro-frontend·StackProfileMicro-Frontend (React, Webpack, TypeScript, Docker)
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- stack-profile:saga-distributed-transaction·StackProfileSaga / Distributed Transaction (Go, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, gRPC, Docker)
- stack-profile:cqrs-read-model·StackProfileCQRS Read Model (TypeScript, Elasticsearch, Kafka, PostgreSQL, NestJS, Docker)
- stack-profile:ddd-nestjs-stack·StackProfileDomain-Driven Design — DDD (TypeScript, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Docker, Vitest)
- stack-profile:go-grpc-postgres·StackProfileGo + gRPC + PostgreSQL
- stack-profile:spring-boot-stack·StackProfileSpring Boot + Java + Hibernate