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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

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I haven't received the coupon yet. Could you please check it?

search you email for "50% certification discount code"

manoj kumar
dintelu
New Contributor II

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manoj kumar
Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Thanks Manoj! Best of luck with the certification 🙂 

It will be the primary email associated to your Customer Academy account 🙂 

Hi, can you tell us, where did you see the voucher? is it in the email or in the community?

PrudhviRajStark

Hi @prudhvirajstark 

I received voucher on the same email i used to login to community.databricks

 

We have only just finished the distribution, so please check your inbox for an email titled 'Thank you for participating in the Databricks Virtual Learning Festival!'

Please feel free to share the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further.

Hello Jim,

11 hours ago that you confirmed the distribution, I didn't receive my voucher. Please check my file with my associated email: stachylle@yahoo.fr

Thank you,

Achille Stephane Hyefouais

Hello @Jim_Anderson ,

I haven’t received my voucher yet. Can you pls help me with this. 
thank you.

Congratulations and best of luck with the certification! 🙂

AnuKadir
Visitor II

Hi I have finished all the four modules in Learning path 2:  PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING within the time limit. But I didn't still get the voucher to my email. May I now when will i be getting the voucher?

We have only just finished the distribution, so please check your inbox for an email titled 'Thank you for participating in the Databricks Virtual Learning Festival!'

Please feel free to share the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂

therealalmight
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson, Got the voucher.

Now wish me luck for the exam.

Thank You DataBricks!

Brilliant! Best of luck with the certification 🙂

Akhilmahajan
New Contributor

Hello @Jim_Anderson I have not received the voucher yet. are you still sending out the vouchers?

Hello @Jim_Anderson ,

I have completed all modules for learning paths 1 and 2 within the window. Still waiting for the voucher.

We have only just finished the distribution, so please check your inbox for an email titled 'Thank you for participating in the Databricks Virtual Learning Festival!'

Please feel free to share the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂

Aliasgar_K_C
New Contributor II

Hello @Jim_Anderson I have not received the voucher yet. are you still sending out the vouchers?

Check your promotions inbox or search "50% certification discount code"