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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
1,939 Comments
Tebian
Visitor II

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

Now I'm waiting for 50% vochuers.

jsalazart
Visitor II

Hello i have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

Thank you for this great opportunity!

Aman0318
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I have also completed the LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING as well. So in total I have completed the two learning paths as below.
LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING
LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING

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Looking forward to receive vouchers for both of the exams at mail id: amangupta0318@gmail.com

Thank you.

ckbisen30
Visitor II

Successfully completed LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING.

shinywilfred
Visitor II

my organization is a partner of databricks

I have tried opening the courses on the data analyst path using the provided link above and it's showing that community course action is not available for me.

So I am proceeding to complete the same two course/ modules using the partner academy

Would I still get the voucher?

https://partner-academy.databricks.com/learn/courses/3707/aibi-for-data-analysts - Module 1 from above under data analyst

https://partner-academy.databricks.com/learn/courses/3928/sql-analytics-on-databricks - Module 2 from above under data analyst

@Jim Could you check this having similar doubt

Saarthak8
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson / @StephanieAlba,

I've completed all the modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING and LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING. I hope there isn't any extra step after this in order to be eligible for the vouchers.

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Thanks a lot for the learning opportunity!
Saarthak Srivastava
saarthaksrivastava@gmail.com

Christiegunhu
Visitor II

I have completed the 4 modules for LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING, thank you for the opportunity to learn. I look forward to receiving the 50% discount voucher.

kozakc
Visitor II

Hi,
I have completed the 4 modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 6 GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING.
Thanks in advance

uwayodev
New Contributor II

HI @Jim_Anderson

I hope you are well.

I am writing to confirm that I have successfully completed Learning Pathway 2: Professional Data Engineering as part of the Self-Paced Learning Festival (09 January – 30 January 2026).

I have completed all four required modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan as per the qualification criteria. Could you please guide me on the next steps to receive the exam voucher?

Thank you for your support throughout this festival.

ipsitp
Visitor II

Completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING. Thank you "Databricks" for this opportunity.

Nashat
Visitor II

Hello Everyone, 

Do I only get 1 voucher even if I finished multiple training paths for different certs or do I get the eligibility to receive multiple vouchers based on the training finished?

Nashat
Visitor II

Hello Everyone, 

Do I only get 1 voucher even if I finished multiple training paths for different certs or do I get the eligibility to receive multiple vouchers based on the training finished?

i m also interested to know about this

carlo_tacan
New Contributor II

You only get 1 voucher regardless of the number of learning pathways you complete.

sv7
Visitor II

Completed ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS

dpr1372
New Contributor II

I have completed the course LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER, I am looking forward to the coupon.

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rafares
Visitor II

Hello Team, I followed LEARNING PATHWAY 4: ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS, and I completed the 4 courses, although the 4th one 

Machine Learning Operations

I took it in October, but I did not receive any badge. I completed the other three in January, and I got the badges. When I try to retake the module, I am not able, and I do not get the badge. Am I still suitable for getting the Voucher discount? Where can I present my case?

 

MarouaneHamza
New Contributor II

i have successfully completed 2 learning plans 

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dhivya_raju
Visitor II

Hi, I have completed 4 modules in learning pathway 1. Thank you for the course!