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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
1,948 Comments
DataNerder
New Contributor II
‎02-01-2026 08:55 AM

@Jim_Anderson  I completed all four modules in the Apache Spark Developer Plan by January 31. How do we confirm whether my learning completion was successfully recorded in the system?. After finishing the modules, I received an “Introduction to Spark” badge from Accredible, but I didn’t see anything indicating completion of the full plan. Does that badge mean my full participation/completion was captured, or is there an additional step I need to take to trigger the full-plan confirmation?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to DataNerder
‎02-02-2026 01:37 AM

Check under the My Activities section within the user menu in the top left hand side. Under courses, so long as each module within the learning pathway has been logged as completed within the applicable dates, rest assured you'll be included in the voucher distribution on Feb 06 🙂 

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RomanFeofanov
New Contributor
‎02-01-2026 01:53 PM

Completed all modules of these pathways withing the time window (last module was completed on 29/01/2026):

  • LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING
  • LEARNING PATHWAY 8: DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER

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NagalingSM
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 12:15 AM

I have completed the course, and when do we get the coupons? @Jim_Anderson  

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to NagalingSM
‎02-02-2026 01:37 AM

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

sagars26
Databricks Partner
‎02-02-2026 12:58 AM

I have completed most of courses.

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akash_99
Databricks Partner
‎02-02-2026 01:34 AM

@Jim_Anderson Is there any certain number of vouchers that you guys are distributing or is it for all who have cleared the learning path

Thank you

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to akash_99
‎02-02-2026 09:55 AM

All individuals who have met the qualification criteria will receive the incentives on Feb 06.

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tonfly
Visitor III
‎02-02-2026 02:44 AM

Completed PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS Pathway yesterday

Data Engineer — Cloud & Data Platforms
Brazil
linkedin.com/in/tonfly
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sohaib1
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 02:56 AM

I completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING before 30 January. 

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Amola_Chouhan
Databricks Partner
‎02-02-2026 03:11 AM

I completed all modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS and LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING within eligible time window.I look forward to the voucher that will be sent for the certification.

kozakc
New Contributor II
‎02-02-2026 03:39 AM

Hi there,

we will receive the voucher by email on February 6th. 
Is there any time limit for redeeming it, i.e. for registering for the actual exam and is there a separate deadline for taking the exam?
thank you
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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to kozakc
‎02-02-2026 09:55 AM

Yes, please note that you'll need to leverage the certification voucher by May 02.

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naba
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 03:55 AM

The deadline was very hard for me as I have 2 months old baby 😉 I couldn't finish them but its nice they are still open and we can use them

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pradeeshr
New Contributor II
‎02-02-2026 04:12 AM

completed the learning pathway. hopefully should receive the voucher

harryng4869
New Contributor
‎02-02-2026 06:07 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson , I have completed all the course for "LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING". How can I check if i'm eligible to receive the voucher or not ? Thank you

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to harryng4869
‎02-02-2026 09:56 AM

If you navigate to the My Activities section under the user menu in the top left, under Courses you'll be able to verify if all modules have been completed 🙂 

atharvphadnis
Databricks Partner
‎02-02-2026 06:19 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson can you confirm mu eligibility for the coupons ?

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to atharvphadnis
‎02-02-2026 09:56 AM

If you navigate to the My Activities section under the user menu in the top left, under Courses you'll be able to verify if all modules have been completed 🙂 

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vivekwarke231
Visitor II
‎02-02-2026 07:34 AM

I have completed the LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING. 
Please share me the further process for coupon

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