Senior Web Architect

As a Senior Web Architect, you design the overall architecture of web applications and platforms. You choose technology stacks, define coding patterns, design API structures, plan scalability strategies, and ensure that technical decisions support long-term maintainability. The "senior" means your architectural decisions shape how entire teams build and deploy web applications.

Your role is more strategic than tactical. Rather than building features, you're deciding how features get built. A typical week might involve evaluating whether to migrate from a monolith to microservices, designing a caching strategy for high-traffic pages, reviewing pull requests for architectural consistency, mentoring engineers on design patterns, and presenting a technology roadmap to engineering leadership.

The challenge is staying relevant. Web technology moves fast — frameworks, hosting models, and best practices change significantly every few years. An architect whose knowledge is stuck in 2018 becomes a liability rather than an asset. You need to continuously evaluate new approaches while not chasing every trend. Distinguishing signal from noise in the JavaScript ecosystem alone is a full-time skill.