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F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 22, 2026 • 2 min read

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BirthplaceLos Angeles

ProfessionEngineer

Burzin Engineer Biography

Burzin Engineer is an engineer and one of the co‑founders of PhonePe. Trained in computer science, he has held senior technical and leadership roles across

Early life and background

Burzin Engineer, whose real name is Zakariya, trained as a computer scientist, earning a bachelor’s degree and later a master’s degree in Computer Science. His studies included time at the University of Mumbai and the University of Southern California. He is fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, and English and is listed as having Los Angeles as his hometown.

Career

Burzin’s career spans multiple decades in engineering and technology leadership. He began working at AT&T in Dallas in January 1991 and remained there for four years. In January 1994 he moved to Twin Sun in Nashville as a senior software engineer, a role he held for five years. In January 1998 he took on a leadership position as Director of Technology/Associate Partner at MarchFirst in the investment banking sector for three years.

From 2000 through 2003 Burzin served as Vice President of Research & Development at Software Inc. He joined Shopzilla in May 2004 as Vice President of Technology and spent seven years helping run the company’s technical operations.

In June 2011 he co‑founded MIME360 with Rahul Chari and Sameer Nigam and served as MIME360’s Chief Technology Officer until April 2012. That same year MIME360 was acqui‑hired by Flipkart, and Burzin was appointed Director of Engineering at Flipkart.

In January 2013 he became Vice President of Engineering & Operations at M‑GO, a post he held for two years. In December 2015 Burzin co‑founded PhonePe alongside Rahul Chari and Sameer Nigam. At PhonePe he has held the title of Chief Reliability Officer and, as of 2024, had been with the organization for eight years. His leadership work at PhonePe has included projects focused on infrastructure and sustainability.

Public profile

Physically, he is listed at approximately 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) with black eyes and salt‑and‑pepper hair. Public-facing recognition includes the 2022 Ventana Research Digital Leadership Award.

Burzin is noted for involvement in charitable activities oriented toward education for children and animal protection. Within PhonePe, he led experiments in 2022 exploring alternative server cooling methods such as direct contact liquid cooling and liquid immersive cooling, efforts tied to improving power usage effectiveness as server density increased.

Latest updates

As of the last update in March 2024, Burzin had been serving as PhonePe’s Chief Reliability Officer for eight years. Details about his age, nationality, and marital status are not publicly specified in the available material.

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Recent Work

Chief Reliability Officer, PhonePe

Co‑founder and senior reliability lead responsible for infrastructure experiments and reliability initiatives, including alternative server cooling trials in 2022.

2015–2024
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Career Highlights

  1. Co‑founder of MIME360 (2011) and PhonePe (2015)
  2. Director of Engineering at Flipkart following MIME360 acqui‑hire
  3. Vice President roles at Software Inc. and Shopzilla
  4. 2012–2022 leadership in engineering and operations culminating as Chief Reliability Officer at PhonePe
  5. Recipient of the 2022 Ventana Research Digital Leadership Award
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