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Architect

互联网、AI·高端技术职位

An architect is the chief technical designer in the Internet/AI industry, responsible for overall system architecture design, technology selection, and guiding development teams to ensure high performance, availability, and scalability.

Daily work

  • 01Analyze business requirements and design top-level system architecture and technical solutions.
  • 02Evaluate and select key technology stacks and third-party services.
  • 03Establish technical specifications and coding standards, and organize code reviews.
  • 04Resolve core issues such as system bottlenecks and high concurrency.
  • 05Collaborate with product, development, and operations teams to drive projects.
  • 06Track cutting-edge technologies to promote continuous architecture evolution and optimization.

Ability requirements

Hard skills

  • Distributed system design and microservices architecture
  • Cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
  • Mainstream databases and caches (MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, etc.)
  • System performance optimization and high availability assurance
  • Architecture evaluation and evolution capability

Soft skills

  • Excellent communication and cross-department coordination skills
  • Systematic thinking and holistic perspective
  • Strong stress resistance and problem-solving ability
  • Continuous learning and technical insight
  • Leadership and team mentoring ability

Best suited for

Suitable for those who love technology, excel at abstract thinking, have a big-picture view, can handle high pressure, and enjoy guiding and driving teams.

Less suited for

Not suitable for those who prefer only writing code, are unwilling to make ambiguous decisions, lack patience in communication, or hate overtime.

Salary (monthly)

60KMedian
Bottom 30KTop 100K

Pre-tax estimate, tier-1 cities with social insurance · reference only

Profile

Higher is better
Growth5
AI Resistance5
Autonomy / Remote-friendly4
Stability3
Transferability3
Lower is better
Entry Difficulty4
Major Relevance4
Work Intensity4
Competition4
Education Threshold3

MBTI Fit

INTJINTPENTJENTPESFJ
Mid-high payHigh growthHigh intensityAI-resistantRemote-friendlyMajor preferred

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Disclaimer: Salary figures on this page are estimated pre-tax monthly pay for positions with social-insurance contributions in China's tier-1 cities; other cities are converted using regional coefficients. Dimension scores and MBTI fit are editorial estimates, provided for reference only, and do not constitute any promise or advice.