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Self-Paced Learning Festival: 09 January - 30 January 2026

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Published on ‎12-09-2025 03:56 AM by Databricks Employee | Updated on ‎01-02-2026 02:50 AM

🚀 Grow Your Skills and Earn Rewards! 🚀
 📅 Mark your calendar: January 09 – January 30, 2026

🎉 Join us for a three-week event dedicated to learning, upskilling, and advancing your career in data engineering, analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. Whether you’re new to the field or aiming to deepen your knowledge, this is a great opportunity to invest in your professional development alongside a global community.

🎟️ Finish all of the modules listed within at least one of the self-paced learning pathways below within Customer Academy during the event window to receive:
 ✨ 50% discount on any Databricks Certification
 ✨ 20% discount on a yearly Databricks Academy Labs subscription

💬 All Incentives will be distributed to the eligible participants on 06 February 2026, after the event has concluded. These incentives will be sent to the email associated with your Customer Academy account.

⚠️ Note: Please ensure every component of the course is marked as completed (including any course introduction sections) during the eligibility window to confirm your learning pathway is properly recorded and to qualify for the incentives.

Start exploring our learning pathways below!

LEARNING PATHWAY

CUSTOMER ACADEMY ENROLLMENT LINKS

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan
  1. Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
  2. Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs
  3. Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
  4. DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering

LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan
  1. Databricks Streaming and Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
  2. Databricks Data Privacy
  3. Databricks Performance Optimisation
  4. Automated Deployment with Databricks Asset Bundles

LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete both modules from the Data Analyst Learning Plan
  1. AI/BI for Data Analysts
  2. SQL Analytics on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 4: ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan
  1. Data Preparation for Machine Learning
  2. Machine Learning Model Development
  3. Machine Learning Model Deployment
  4. Machine Learning Operations

LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

Please complete both modules from the Machine Learning Practitioner Learning Plan
  1. Advanced Machine Learning Operations
  2. Machine Learning at Scale

LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Generative AI Engineering Learning Plan
  1. Generative AI Solution Development
  2. Generative AI Application Development
  3. Generative AI Application Evaluation and Governance 
  4. Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring

LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 4 modules from the Apache Spark™ Developer Learning Plan
  1. Introduction to Apache Spark™
  2. Developing Applications with Apache Spark™
  3. Stream Processing and Analytics with Apache Spark™
  4. Monitoring and Optimizing Apache Spark™ Workloads on Databricks

LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA:

Please complete all 3 modules from the Data Warehousing Practitioner Learning Plan
  1. Data Warehousing with Databricks
  2. SQL Programming and Procedural Logic in Databricks
  3. Data Modelling Strategies

Happy learning! 📚🎓🧑‍💻🧑‍

#Databricks #MachineLearning #DataEngineering #AI #GenerativeAI #DataAnalysis #Upskill #Certification #TechCareers #LearningFestival #DataScience #AICommunity #DatabricksAcademy #DataSkills #AITraining #LearntoEarn



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Starts:
Fri, Jan 9, 2026 04:00 AM PST
Ends:
Sat, Jan 31, 2026 04:00 AM PST
527 Comments
olu25
Visitor II
Tuesday

How do we get access to the materials used in the lab?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to olu25
yesterday

If you'd like hands on experience, please purchase the Databricks Academy Labs subscription (which provides unlimited access to all labs for a year). Please note, we'll be distributing a 20% discount code to all event participants who complete one or more self-paced learning pathway before January 30 on February 06

vivekkatari
New Contributor II
Tuesday

Hi  Databricks Team,

I have completed the learning pathway 2 attached screenshot for reference.

vivekkatari_0-1768932345482.png


Thank you for the opportunity!!

Best Regards,

Vivek Katari.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to vivekkatari
yesterday

Thanks for participating, Vivek! To reiterate, there is no requirement to submit evidence of completion, we'll be distributing the incentives to all eligible participants on February 06 automatically. 

I hope you enjoyed the course!

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StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to vivekkatari
yesterday

Great work!!

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datajib
New Contributor II
Tuesday

Hi Jim,

The ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING pathway is completed. Great content.👍 Thank! 😊

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to datajib
yesterday

Thanks for participating! 🙂 

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StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to datajib
yesterday

Great job!!

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Johnkl72
New Contributor II
Tuesday
I’ve completed the four modules for Associate Data Engineering. I’m very happy, and now I’ll wait for my discount.
StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Johnkl72
yesterday

Nice work!!

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Whip_Chatterly
New Contributor II
Tuesday

Learning Pathway 8: Data Warehousing Complete: 

Whip_Chatterly_0-1768971488919.png

 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Whip_Chatterly
yesterday

I hope you enjoyed the course! Please note there is no need to submit any completion evidence, we'll be reviewing all eligible participants from our records on February 06.

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StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Whip_Chatterly
yesterday

Way to go!!

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shasnain
New Contributor
Tuesday

Hi @Jim_Anderson I’ve just finished all four courses in Learning Pathway 7: Apache Spark Developer Looking forward to receiving the voucher when it’s available. Thanks so much!

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to shasnain
yesterday

Thanks for participating! I hope you enjoyed the course 🙂 

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StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to shasnain
yesterday

Awesome!!

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LakshmiRajendra
New Contributor II
yesterday

HI Jim, 

I have completed the following contents for Databricks Associate Data Engineer:

  1. Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
  2. Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs
  3. Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines
  4. DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering

    Thanks for providing the amazing content on public platform.

    Thanks,
    Lakshmi Rajendran.

StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to LakshmiRajendra
yesterday

Nice job!!

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shanmukha_183
New Contributor II
yesterday

Hi @Jim_Anderson , If we complete all the modules between 9th Jan to 31st Jan for any of the learningpath. Then we will be getting the Voucher right ??

StephanieAlba
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to shanmukha_183
yesterday

💬 All Incentives will be distributed to eligible participants on 06 February 2026, after the event concludes. These incentives will be sent to the email associated with your Customer Academy account.