Razorpay appoints former Google Cloud executive as Sr VP of Engineering
Prabu Rambadran will lead the engineering charter at Razorpay to drive the AI agenda for the fintech unicorn
Fintech unicorn Razorpay on Monday announced the appointment of former Google Cloud executive, Prabu Rambadran, as Senior Vice President of Engineering.
According to a statement, Rambadran will lead the company’s engineering charter across risk and intelligence, business banking, payments, customer engagement, and core infrastructure. He will also oversee the building of secure, resilient, and high-performing systems.
Rambadran has over two decades of experience and, besides Google Cloud, he held leadership roles at Nutanix and Microsoft across the US and India.
On the appointment, Razorpay Co-founder and MD Shashank Kumar said, “At Razorpay, innovation has always come from our people — builders who push boundaries and solve real problems at scale. Excited to welcome Prabu as we go deeper on AI-driven products and global expansion.”
The statement from Razorpay noted that it aims to become an AI-first, globally adaptable platform that will enable the future of digital payments and business banking across India and Southeast Asia.
Following the new appointment, Razorpay aims to deepen its engineering capabilities, accelerating product innovation, and strengthening its technology backbone to support the company’s next phase of global growth.
On joining Razorpay, Rambadran said, “What excites me most about Razorpay is its culture of relentless innovation, the drive to solve complex problems, and make an impact at scale.”
At Google Cloud, Rambadran led the development of critical infrastructure, including cloud security, Google’s API management solution, and multiple enterprise software products.
Razorpay has already introduced agentic payments on ChatGPT, a biometric card authentication system, MCP server for AI-based payment integrations. Other products of the fintech unicorn include the AI-powered fraud detection engine, AI optimiser, AI business assistant RAY, and the import stack for cross-border payments.
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