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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
haablayc
New Contributor II

It has been a very good experience to refresh my knowledge and learn new things with the ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING course.

Thank you very much for the good lessons presented.

deicyS
New Contributor II

Hi, I completed all the 4 courses of LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING.

Thank you for this great opportunity.

LuisLoor24
New Contributor III

Excelent everyone.

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

damirg
New Contributor

Thank you, can’t wait to take on the professional certification! 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Best of luck with the professional certification! 🙂 

erick_farias
New Contributor II

Just wrapped up the 'Grow Your Skills' challenge! I completed the Professional Data Engineering pathway. Good luck to everyone who participated!

ashika_mattu
New Contributor II

Just completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING Pathway. Great course with good structure and clarity. Thanks.

KamelA
New Contributor II

Hello,

 

Just completed the LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING

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Thank You.

SonaliGpt
New Contributor II

Finished the data engineering pathway. Phew! Definitely a lot of content to cover in 10 days but happy to finally finish it just before the end time. Looking forward to the voucher and taking the certification exam in Feb! Cheers everyone!

Best of luck with the certification! 🙂 

Haroune
New Contributor II

Hello!
Just finished LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING
Can't wait to put everything in practice and move to Pathway 2

pranshurawat
New Contributor II

Hi, I have completed all 4 modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 4: ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS. I did have to verify 1 thing though that I also enrolled for 2 of the LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS courses just to learn them in the future even though they are still in progress and I havent finished them, and also I couldnt find any option to unenroll them once i added them in my courses. I want the voucher for Learning pathway 4: Associate ML Practitioner which I have completed. Attaching the screenshot. I am writing this comment to ensure this wont cause any issues.

luisg828
New Contributor II

Hi, until what day do we have access to the videos and slides? Thank you

The videos and slides will remain accessible through Customer Academy indefinitely, so please feel free to return and review the latest content at your convenience 🙂 

tlnmel
New Contributor II

Finished LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER!

jordy659
New Contributor II

Just completed Pathway 6: GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING and all its quizes. 

student-learner
New Contributor II

Hello Team,

I have successfully completed Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering. Although I am currently enrolled in other courses from different learning pathways for future learning, I would like to confirm that I will still receive the voucher for the completed Associate Data Engineering pathway.

rodrigojorquera
New Contributor II

I have finished LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING, thanks

Jmig
Visitor II

Just finished the Associate DE path 😃
it is 11:42 PM Jan 30 in my time zone

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Congrats! 🙂