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title: Application Architect
id: application-architect
date: 2018-04-12
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  A person responsible for the high-level design of an application.

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- user-type
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 A person responsible for the high-level design of an application.

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An architect ensures that an app's implementation allows it to interact with its surrounding components in a scalable, maintainable way. Surrounding components include databases, logging infrastructure, and other microservices.