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

HI @Jim_Anderson , Successfully completed the ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING pathway, looking forward for that voucher.

Dhuriyogesh
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:46 AM

Hi Jim,

I completed this pathway - LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER

Can you please share coupon code

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Dhuriyogesh
‎02-02-2026 01:16 AM

Congratulations! We'll be distributing all vouchers on Feb 06

0 Kudos
ApsaraKarki
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:45 AM

Hi,
I have completed all 4 modules from the Data Engineer Learning Plan for ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING. How can I get 50% discount on an exam voucher?

Thanks 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to ApsaraKarki
‎02-02-2026 01:16 AM

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

0 Kudos
prabhu453
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:54 AM

I have completed all four modules under the Associate Data Engineering learning pathway:

  • Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect

  • Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs

  • Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines

  • DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering

Could you please let me know the next steps?
Is there any certification, assessment, or additional process required after completing this learning path?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to prabhu453
‎02-02-2026 01:16 AM

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

0 Kudos
prabhu453
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 05:57 AM

@Jim_Anderson I have completed all four modules under the Associate Data Engineering learning pathway:

  • Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect

  • Deploy Workloads with Lakeflow Jobs

  • Build Data Pipelines with Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines

  • DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering

Could you please let me know the next steps?
Is there any certification, assessment, or additional process required after completing this learning path?

Rami_baya
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:06 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson 

I have completed all 4 modules from LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING
I’m looking forward to receiving the voucher 


Thank You!

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Rami_baya
‎02-02-2026 01:16 AM

Congratulations 🙂 

Aliasgar_K_C
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:09 AM

I have completed all 4 modules of LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING.

ashi1018
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:13 AM

I have completed all 4 modules from LEARNING PATHWAY 8
I’m looking forward to receiving the voucher!

EngKhaledSakr
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:14 AM

I have problem when finishing any course component of type SCORM  to be flag as "completed", it shows "in progress" even if finishing the component and finishing the whole module with "Completed status", um afraid that would prevent receiving the incentive even finishing the whole required modules

um facing this in the "LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING" in the module "Generative AI Solution Development" or "Building Retrieval Agent on Databricks"

Appreciate your support or taking this issue into your consideration while distributing the incentives
NB: I tried all browsers and issue still there

tamilps2
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:24 AM

Finished the associate data engineering course. Good resources.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to tamilps2
‎02-02-2026 01:17 AM

Thanks for participating!

0 Kudos
SDe
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:31 AM

I've completed Learning Pathway 8: Datawarehouse Practitioner with the following three courses in offer between Jan 9-30, 2026:

  1. Data Warehousing with Databricks
  2. SQL Programming and Procedural Logic in Databricks
  3. Data Modelling Strategies

When will I receive my vouchers?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to SDe
‎02-02-2026 01:17 AM

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

rahulroycse
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:35 AM

I have completed all the modules for LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING. 

Looking forward to having the discount voucher from your end.

@Jim_Anderson 

Sbhatia
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:38 AM

Completed the Data Engineering Professional Pathway 🙂

 

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Andreya
New Contributor II
‎01-30-2026 06:39 AM

@Jim_Anderson I have completed  both modules from the Data Analyst Learning Plan

Could you please let me know the next steps?
Is there any certification, assessment, or additional process required after completing this learning path?