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

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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Start:
Fri, Jan 9, 2026 04:00 AM PST
End:
Sat, Jan 31, 2026 04:00 AM PST
1,940 Comments
brprado
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 04:00 AM

I've completed all the courses today (30/01), am i eligible for the voucher?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to brprado
‎01-30-2026 05:42 AM

Yes 🙂

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mohitshirsale21
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 04:02 AM

I have completed all modules for  Associate ML practitioner iam looking forward for recieving exam voucher

Tanmai
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 04:04 AM

I’ve just completed all four modules of the Associate Data Engineering pathway—excellent content throughout. I’m excited to put the learning into practice and to use the 50% certification voucher in February. Huge thanks to the Databricks team for providing such a valuable learning opportunity!

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Tanmai
‎01-30-2026 05:42 AM

Thanks so much for participating! 🙂 

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alxchris
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 04:30 AM

@Jim_Anderson, Thank you for the opportunity to dive more into Databricks and more specific to Associate Data engineering! I have completed all 4 modules for Associate Data Engineer. Thank you!

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to alxchris
‎01-30-2026 05:43 AM

You are very welcome! Best of luck with the certification 🙂 

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rahulag9956
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 04:45 AM

Done

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bala_205
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 04:55 AM

Hi, Completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING. Thanks for everything a great learning.

abhranilsaha
New Contributor III
‎01-30-2026 05:02 AM

I am very much delighted to have this wonderful opportunity.

I’m glad to inform that I have successfully completed LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING and am looking forward to receiving the discount voucher for the certification.

Please let me know if there is anything to do further at my end, before I can get the Discount Voucher.

- Abhranil Saha

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to abhranilsaha
‎01-30-2026 05:43 AM

Thanks Abhranil, no further action required - we'll be distributing all vouchers to eligible participants on February 6 🙂 

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cloudgury
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:07 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson 

I’ve successfully completed Learning Pathway 4: Associate ML Practitioners and Learning Pathway 6: Generative AI Engineering.

I’m looking forward to receiving the discounted voucher. Thank you in advance, and I truly appreciate Databricks for providing this learning opportunity.
Leon

 

 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to cloudgury
‎01-30-2026 05:44 AM

Thanks for participating, Leon! 🙂 

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Vix
New Contributor
‎01-30-2026 05:10 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I have successfully completed Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering as part of the Databricks three-week learning event.
It was a great course – the content was comprehensive and practical, covering everything from declarative pipeline development to DevOps best practices. The hands-on exercises really helped solidify the concepts.

Thank you for supporting my learning and development.
Regards
Atul

 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Vix
‎01-30-2026 05:44 AM

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the materiel, Atul. Best of luck with the certification 🙂 

francornachione
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:16 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson 

I’ve successfully completed the Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering. I’m looking forward to receiving the discount voucher, Thanks for this opportunity!

Francesco Cornachione

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to francornachione
‎01-30-2026 05:45 AM

Best of luck with the certification, Francesco 🙂 

rijul
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:33 AM

Hi Jim, I’ve just completed the Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering. I’m looking forward to receiving the discount voucher, Thanks for this opportunity!

Rijul

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to rijul
‎01-30-2026 05:44 AM

Thanks for participating, Rijul! 🙂 

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rishigundla
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:35 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson,

I have completed all four required courses in Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering. The content was extremely insightful and provided a great hands-on learning experience across the Lake flow and data engineering topics.

Could you please confirm that this satisfies the pathway requirements and advise on the next steps to receive the certification discount voucher?

Looking forward to your confirmation. Thanks again for curating such a valuable learning pat

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