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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
1,941 Comments

Each participant is limited to one voucher per event as per the FAQ 

studyupskill
Visitor II

I did not receive any coupon yet.

 

 

Please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

pranshurawat
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I have completed the ASSOCIATE ML PRACTITIONERS module, but am yet to receive any coupon for it. Can you please check my situation once? 

Email: pranshusinghrawat3@gmail.com

Thanking you,

Pranshu Singh Rawat

It looks like the email was sent on Feb 06, but I will share again for your reference 🙂

tonfly
Visitor III

I finished the machine learning engineering track and still haven't received my voucher. Could someone please check?

Data Engineer — Cloud & Data Platforms
Brazil
linkedin.com/in/tonfly
Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

yrflores
Visitor II

Hello, good afternoon.

I haven't received anything in my email, yrflores@lafise.com. Could you please check? Here are the courses I completed within the established timeframe:

yrflores_0-1770421806733.png

 

DM'd separately 🙂

Gaurav_aussie
New Contributor II

hi , I have completed modules of LEARNING PATHWAY 6:  GENERATIVE AI ENGINEERING - Can you please send me voucher . 

Please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

Gaurav.aussie3006@gmail.com

enriqq3d
Visitor II

Hello @Jim_Anderson I didn't get the discount code

Please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

I have not received the voucher for the 50% off DBX training certification voucher. My email is smkhosla@yahoo.com. I finished all the four courses under the data bricks professional engineering certification pathway. Thank you

I would appreciate a response. Thank you Jim. Still waiting 

Az4self
New Contributor II

Hi, I still not receive the voucher

 

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Please DM me the email associated with your academy account so I can investigate, thanks! 🙂 

TharinRansika
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,
I completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING and LEARNING PATHWAY 7:  APACHE SPARK DEVELOPER before the deadline. But I didn't receive any voucher.
Could you please check it.
My Email: tharinransika128@gmail.com

Unfortunately only the AI/BI for Data Analysts and the Data Ingestion with Lakeflow Connect modules are shown as complete for the DA and Associate DE learning pathways respectively