Founder Profile
Burzin Engineer
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Burzin Engineer?
Burzin Engineer is a founder of PhonePe, which was founded in 2015 with Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari.
- Company founded
- PhonePe
- Founded
- 2015
- Co-founders
- Sameer Nigam and Rahul Chari
Background
Indian software engineer.
Founding Story
Burzin Engineer co-founded PhonePe in 2015. He played an absolutely critical role in building the core architecture and maintaining the intense reliability of the platform's early UPI integration, acting as the Chief Reliability Officer to ensure seamless bank-to-bank transfers. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- Moneycontrol: PhonePe FY26 revenue and loss (PhonePe)
- ETBFSI: PhonePe revenue mix from DRHP (PhonePe)