Since joining Gilt in 2010 he has helped to launch Insider, Gilt’s ground-breaking customer loyalty program; brand-new SEO initiatives; and a host of other projects. He codes primarily in Scala but also works with various front-end and user-interface technologies. Prior to joining Gilt, Jim was a software engineer at Quality Health in Jersey City, N.J. and Technology Services Group in Chicago, Ill. He received his undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Illinois in 2006.