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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! 📚🎓🧑‍💻🧑‍

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Starts:
Fri, Jan 9, 2026 04:00 AM PST
Ends:
Sat, Jan 31, 2026 04:00 AM PST
710 Comments
V_Srinivas
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson, I have completed all 4 modules for Associate Data Engineer, Would like to know if I will continue to have access to these modules after the closure of the event for further reference. 

akash_99
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,
Thank you for taking this initiative—it really helped me gain deeper insights into Databricks. I’ve successfully completed the Associate Data Engineer learning path and truly found it valuable.
Looking forward to the incentive.

Regards,
Akash S

maximchuvyurov
New Contributor

LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS Is completed 😈 Very nice 🙂

docto
Visitor II

Hi,

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING completed.

Thanks for the learning opportunity!

Nadeeka
Visitor II

Hello,

LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING completed today. During the period, I study lot. Thank you for the learning opportunity!

akashshindhe18
Visitor

Hi @Jim_Anderson 
I have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING, and all the modules in it. Waiting for incentives
Thank you for this great initiative! Learnt a lot

Regards,
Akash S

GabrielVilibor
New Contributor

I have completed all the 4 Course for ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING Module

shaheer
Visitor II

Just completed LEARNING PATHWAY:1 (ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING) looking forward to get my coupon and certify myself 💪

Aparna_Raj
Visitor II

Completed the Learning Pathway 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

Completed the Learning Pathway 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

PMerrill
Visitor II

I've completed all 4 modules from the Apache Spark™ Developer Learning Plan! Really enjoyed learning, thank you for making the content available!