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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
atifmunir
Visitor II

I finished all courses for LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING where to get the coupon.

We'll distribute a voucher to each eligible participant on Feb 06 🙂 

vidyamarimuthu
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson , 

Thank you for this great opportunity. I have successfully completed all the modules in Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering. The content was engaging, clearly articulated, and very informative.

Thanks for participating! 🙂 

Akshayshah97
Visitor II

completed all 4 courses LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING .please let me know how i will receive voucher ?

We'll distribute a voucher to each eligible participant on Feb 06 🙂 

hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I know that we should be using Voucher by May 2nd i.e we need to schedule our examination by that time but what is the end date for us to take exam or schedule it?

 

DianaPalfi
New Contributor II

I finished both courses for LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS.

ppsantiago14
New Contributor II

I've completed pathways for associate data engineer and data analyst, thanks for the opportunity!

tommasoazz
New Contributor II

 

Completed all the 4 courses of LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING.

Nice course, nice topics 🙂

atul4u
New Contributor II

Hello, 
I have completed both the courses in LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS:
AI/BI for Data Analysts
SQL Analytics on Databricks

Diari_Bou
New Contributor II

Hello Just finished all the courses in LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING:

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Hi there. Just finished all the courses in LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING

gonzaga
New Contributor II

I've completed all modules from the LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER thank you for making the content available!

Ashu11
Visitor II

Hi Jim,

I completed the required learning pathway on 31 January 2026.

Please confirm whether I am eligible for the event incentives, since the event window was Jan 09–Jan 30, 2026.

Thanks,
Ashu Yadav

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Unfortunately the requirement for the incentives was to complete the training between January 9 - 30. We will be running another iteration of this event in April if you'd like to qualify via a different learning pathway 🙂 

PranabParhi
New Contributor II

Just on time. Completed "LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS". Genie is a good addition.

ashok732
New Contributor II

Hi Jim,

 Completed LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS.

Thanks,

Ashok Bolagani

 
Zishan101
Visitor II

Just finished all the modules for LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING 

Please confirm whether I am eligible for the event incentives, since the event window was Jan 09–Jan 30, 2026.

Thanks,

Zishan Shaikh

 

Yes, it looks like you completed the modules within the window, Zishan. We'll distribute a voucher to each eligible participant on Feb 06 🙂