Intelligent Tutoring Systems Designer
Impact: Student learning outcomes and educational equity through expert adaptive learning system design
Design and develop AI-powered adaptive learning systems that personalise educational experiences for individual students. Build intelligent tutoring systems, develop knowledge models, design adaptive assessment algorithms, and create learning pathways that respond to each student's knowledge state and learning style.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 60% Team / 40% Solo
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- 5 to 10% for conferences and research collaborations
- Schedule flexibility
- Flexible
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40 to 55 hours/week
- Stress level
- Low
At a glance
- Median salary
- $160,000
- Entry-level
- $90,000 - $120,000
- Senior
- $270,000+
- Growth by 2033
- 25% (faster than average)
- Demand
- Growing Fast
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- High - 65 to 80% growth from entry to senior
- Typical student debt
- Low
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- 55
Soft skills
- 45
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Master's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3 to 5 years
- Years to senior
- 7 to 10 years
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Instructional Designer > Learning Scientist > ITS Designer > Senior ITS Designer > Head of Adaptive Learning
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15% low risk as ITS design requires deep learning science expertise
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Growing Fast
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 7/10
- Meaning
- 7/10
- Work-life balance
- 6.5/10
- Prestige
- 7/10
- Social perception
- High