Raphael Yee is a Singapore-based software leader and self-taught engineer with nine years of experience who currently directs Griffin Labs, driving strategy, P&L and technical direction for deployable embodied AI and agentic robotics. He blends hands-on backend engineering (former Carousell/team99 experience and CS training at SUTD) with product-minded entrepreneurship as co-founder of Memedef Group, which operates social properties with 100k+ followers and mainstream media features. Comfortable at the intersection of research and deployment, he focuses on making advanced agentic reasoning practical for robots while leading small multidisciplinary teams. A voracious learner with a background spanning CS, philosophy and screen media, he brings uncommon cross-domain curiosity and a knack for turning playful social ventures into sustained audience engagement.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, First Class Honours, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, First Class Honours at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
School of the Arts Singapore
Diploma, Screen Media, Diploma, Screen Media at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
CS1010X, Computer Science, CS1010X, Computer Science at National University of Singapore
Summer Exchange, Business & IT, Summer Exchange, Business & IT at Aalto University
Cambridge GCE Advanced Level, Business, Economics, Literature, Mathematics, General Paper, 82/90, Cambridge GCE Advanced Level, Business, Economics, Literature, Mathematics, General Paper, 82/90 at Private Candidate
The University of Sydney
Diploma in Legal Studies, Law, Diploma in Legal Studies, Law at Kaplan
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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