architect
noun
[ ˈɑːkɪtɛkt ]
• a person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.
• "the great Norman architect of Durham Cathedral"
• a person who designs hardware, software, or networking applications and services of a specified type for a business or other organization.
• "we are seeking an experienced software architect to join our scientific computing team"
architect
verb
• design and configure (a program or system).
• "few software packages were architected with Ethernet access in mind"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French architecte, from Italian architetto, via Latin from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’.