Summary
Rob Shelnutt is a Principal Engineer based in Atlanta with eight years of modern web development experience and a deep systems-administration pedigree that shapes his architecture and reliability-first approach. He builds full-stack applications using React, Vue, Next/Nuxt, Node, TypeScript, and GraphQL, and ships end-to-end solutions from Figma-driven UI/UX through deployment. Rob blends micro-frontend and API design expertise with practical AI integrations — including work with Model Context Protocol — to surface intelligent tooling inside production workflows. His background in network topology, cloud operations, and even classified Navy systems gives him uncommon depth in security, scalability, and incident troubleshooting. A hands-on leader at Black Airplane, he’s driven by solving complex problems and continuously improving craft while delivering elegant, performant user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, English