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Jesse Landry

Bottomline

Bottomline did not arrive with noise. It earned relevance the hard way, over time, inside the machinery most people never see but every business depends on. Founded in 1989 and backed by Thoma Bravo following its 2022 acquisition, Bottomline operates deep in the flow of global finance, powering how banks and businesses move money when failure is not an option and delays carry real cost. This is not a company chasing attention. This is one that built permanence.

Craig Saks stepped into the CEO role at a pivotal moment, bringing the kind of operational clarity you only get from years inside complex systems. Alongside Craig Saks, leaders like Eve Aretakis, Stephanie Lucey, Kim Hannemann, and Danielle Sheer form a bench that reads less like a org chart and more like a control room. Even the transition from former CEO Robert Eberle was handled with the kind of precision you expect from a company that understands continuity is not a talking point, it is survival. This is leadership built for pressure, not presentation.

The mission is direct. Make business payments simple, smart, and secure. But the reality underneath that sentence is anything but simple. Payments are messy, fragmented, exposed. Bottomline steps into that chaos and brings order, connecting banks and businesses through software that handles the weight of real transactions, real compliance, real consequences. This is where cash management meets control, where fraud prevention is not a feature but a necessity, and where reliability becomes a competitive edge you cannot fake.

What stands out is not just what Bottomline does, but how long it has been doing it at scale. This is a company that has lived through multiple eras of fintech, from early digitization to today’s demand for always on, always secure financial infrastructure. That kind of longevity builds something most startups spend years chasing, trust. And trust, in this market, is currency.

Inside the company, the tone is clear. Collaboration is not optional. Curiosity is expected. Ownership is assumed. The people here are not waiting to be told what to build, they are expected to understand why it matters. That shows up in how teams work across product, engineering, legal, and operations, all tied to outcomes that customers feel immediately.

Bottomline is hiring across engineering, product, and customer facing roles, and if you are the kind of builder who wants to work on systems that actually move money, not just mock it, this is where the work gets real. Explore roles at and see what is open.