Ex-Google engineering head joins Razorpay’s tech team
- ByStartupStory | November 11, 2025
Razorpay has appointed Prabhu Rambadran, former head of engineering at Google, as its Senior Vice President of Engineering. In his new role, Rambadran will oversee engineering teams across key business verticals including risk and intelligence, business banking (RazorpayX), payments, customer engagement, and core infrastructure. He will also lead the company’s efforts to accelerate AI-led product innovation and strengthen its technology stack.
With over 18 years of experience, Rambadran has held leadership roles at Google, Microsoft, and Nutanix, contributing to large-scale product development such as Google Cloud’s security and API management offerings. Razorpay’s co-founder and Managing Director, Shashank Kumar, highlighted Rambadran’s hiring as strategic for building AI-first platforms that will drive digital payments and banking innovation over the next decade.
Rambadran expressed excitement about joining Razorpay and contributing to the company’s culture of innovation and solving complex challenges at scale. His leadership is expected to help Razorpay advance its position as a leading fintech platform, leveraging AI and expanding its services across India and Southeast Asia.
This appointment signals Razorpay’s commitment to bolstering its engineering capabilities and delivering secure, intelligent, and scalable fintech solutions to millions of businesses.
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