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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

Unfortunately it looks like only the first module of the Spark learning pathway is registered as completed for your account

Soumyatc
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson  I had completed the learning path for data warehousing but have not received any voucher yet..can you please check .

please DM me with the email associated with your account so I can investigate further, thanks

tonminhce
Visitor II

my email is tomyminhnguyen2412@gmail.com and i still dont have voucher although i finished the data engineer associate. thank you for your reading jim

Unfortunately the DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering module is still showing as in progress

Manvi20
Visitor II

@Jim_Anderson , I have completed the data engineering associate course using this email but haven't received the voucher yet, please help

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

please DM me with the email associated with your account so I can investigate further, thanks

nm_databricks
Visitor II

Hello @Jim_Anderson,

I already the completed the all 4 modules LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING before the deadline but haven't received the voucher. Could you kindly check and advise please. Thanks

please DM me with the email associated with your account so I can investigate further, thanks

spotluri456
New Contributor

Hi @Jim_Anderson , I have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING  long back, I did not receive any vouchers. Can you check and help me on it?

please DM me with the email associated with your account so I can investigate further, thanks

I have same issue ,Completed all Modules in Data Engineering course  but not received any coupon

kiko91
New Contributor II

Hello I have finished all the four modules in Learning path 1:  ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING within the time limit.

But I didn't still get the voucher to my email. 

kiko91
New Contributor II

my email is kikodagnogo@gmail.com

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

It looks like you have a Partner Academy account. Please note this initiative is exclusively for Customer Academy users

ShubhamHagare
New Contributor

Hii Jim,

I have completed all the modules under LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING on 26th jan 2026 but I have not recieved the voucher yet . Can you please check it once my email associated with the academy account is dataeng1008@gmail.com

Unfortunately you haven't completed the DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering module

Hi @Jim_Anderson    Ganesh.tpt28@gmail.com this is my mail id . I have completed data engineering module, still have not got the voucher . Kindly help me on the same . 

thanks 

RathinMehta
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson, I completed modules of Data Engineer Associate learning pathway. But I didn't receive the voucher yet. Could you please check. Email : rathin1234@gmail.com