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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
Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Trav555
‎01-15-2026 03:01 AM

Yes, to confirm you'll automatically qualify if you complete all of the modules within one of the listed learning pathways before January 30 - no additional application form required 🙂 

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Koti_Baddam
New Contributor II
‎01-14-2026 03:47 PM

Getting started

 

maitrayi
New Contributor II
‎01-14-2026 06:11 PM

 I have started last week. but can someone tell me how do I know that I have been registered for this festival? I don't want to miss the discount because I missed some steps. please help

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to maitrayi
‎01-15-2026 03:02 AM

Inside academy, if you click on the My Transcript option under the user menu in the top left, you can check which modules are logged as completed to ensure a learning pathway has been fully completed by January 30

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AstonL831
New Contributor III
‎01-14-2026 08:37 PM

I just finished LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING. 

janssen135
New Contributor
‎01-15-2026 02:24 AM

Hi, I am trying to register for the exam, but the price is still the same even though I have already completed all four modules and received the email notification confirming that I finished the learning path (example: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING)

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to janssen135
‎01-15-2026 03:03 AM

We'll be distributing the voucher code containing the 50% discount code on February 06, after the event has concluded.

azizaliazure
Visitor II
‎01-15-2026 03:14 AM

hello @Jim_Anderson , Thanks for the valuable course. At last, after finishing all modules i can see quiz we can attempt multiple time. For availaing voucher do i need to pass the exam in first attempt or some other conditions?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to azizaliazure
‎01-16-2026 05:14 AM

I'm glad you enjoyed the course! No, provided you've completed all of the modules within the learning pathway (you can verify this within the 'My Transcripts' option in the user menu in the top left of Databricks Academy, you'll be included in the voucher distirbution on February 06.

Best of luck with the certification 🙂 

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MadsRS
New Contributor II
‎01-15-2026 06:24 AM

 

 

DinahS
New Contributor II
‎01-15-2026 10:07 AM

@Jim_Anderson you have the patience of a saint in answering the same questions over & over & over, ad infinitum.  Or maybe you have a model trained to answer for you, if you go through this every time Databricks does an event like this. 

Anyway - no question from me.  Just wanted to give you kudos for answering questions from people who can't bother to even scroll through to see that their question was already answered.

Trav555
Visitor II
‎01-15-2026 10:31 AM

is it possible to complete this challenge only for 1 exam? also, for how long does the exam voucher last? thanks again

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Trav555
‎01-16-2026 05:12 AM

Yes, you can complete any learning pathway to qualify. The voucher will be valid until May 02

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maheshmadineni2
New Contributor II
‎01-15-2026 07:24 PM

Hi Jim ,

I have just completed Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering. I hope this makes me eligible to receive the voucher to proceed with my certification.

Thank you for the learning opportunity.

 

 

Best regards,
Mahesh

PawanDubey2026
Visitor II
In response to maheshmadineni2
‎01-22-2026 05:36 PM

Hi Jim ,

I have just completed Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering. I hope this makes me eligible to receive the voucher to proceed with my certification.

Thank you for the learning opportunity.

Regards,

Pawan Dubey

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AstonL831
New Contributor III
‎01-15-2026 08:15 PM

I just finished the LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING.

minhphan
New Contributor
‎01-15-2026 09:01 PM

Hi, I have a voucher for the Databricks Spark Developer Associate certification that expires on January 30th. If I join this learning festival, will it extend the voucher’s expiration date? Thanks

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to minhphan
‎01-16-2026 05:11 AM

No

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minhphan
New Contributor
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎01-17-2026 12:49 AM

Thank you Jim. But I think if I paticipate, databricks then will send me another coupon right

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harsha_wagh
New Contributor II
‎01-15-2026 09:23 PM

Hello,
I have completed "LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS". How and where do i get the 50% coupon?
Thanks in advance.