The words "solution" and "architect" both have enterprise and old-economy connotations; you will probably not see them too often in startup world. Small and ear

The words "solution" and "architect" both have enterprise and old-economy connotations; you will probably not see them too often in startup world. Small and early stage startups don't really separate architecture from implementation in terms of personnel and responsibilities. Later in life the people with more architecture and less implementation responsibility could be Staff Engineers, Sr. Staff Engineers, Principal Engineers, etc.