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Software Architect.
Yes, most companies don't have them nor know about them. It's a pity, but software engineering isn't understood nor recognised by managers. Most still have the mindset that software engineers and programmers are the same thing because they sit behind a computer all day. I imagine that in their minds it's the equivalent of dicking around all day like a gamer does. It's ignorance.
"it can't be that hard, just tell the computer what to do"
People who don't understand coding think it's a bunch of mumbo jumbo made to sound difficult. They still think in the physical realm. Multiply engineers and it goes X times more quickly! If I wanted a building finished, all I need is manpower.
Of course they also don't value the profession. They think managing people is much more difficult than writing code. I've heard this over and over for years. "You don't understand how difficult it is to manage people". I think "You don't understand how difficult it is to write good software". Since they think it's easy and in some virtual, magical realm, that one person should be able to do many things. They don't understand the value of QA, architects, developers, devops, sysadmins, etc.