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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
MarouaneHamza
New Contributor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-06-2026 06:05 AM

Hello Jim

I can't find the voucher on my inbox , please can you verify 🙏🏻

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amarmol
New Contributor II
‎02-05-2026 08:47 PM

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

Waiting for the voucher today. Thank you 🙏

Amit_Sawant
Visitor II
‎02-05-2026 09:01 PM

I have completed all 4 modules under Associate Data Engineering Pathway . But I haven't received my certificate voucher .

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Amit_Sawant
‎02-06-2026 05:29 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

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hellomrk
Visitor II
‎02-05-2026 09:37 PM
Hi @Jim_Anderson , could you please let us know when we can expect the voucher today?
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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to hellomrk
‎02-06-2026 05:29 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

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Venkat_Sai
Visitor III
‎02-05-2026 09:51 PM

I have completed the associate data engineer course within the time frame of jan9 to 31 but did not receive the 50% voucher yet.

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Venkat_Sai
‎02-06-2026 05:30 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

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Venkata8827
New Contributor II
‎02-05-2026 11:20 PM

Hi Jim,

When will get 50 percent voucher.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to Venkata8827
‎02-06-2026 05:30 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

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AlejandroCB
New Contributor II
‎02-06-2026 12:07 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson,

I have completed all 4 modules under Associate Data Engineering Pathway . But I haven't received my certificate voucher 😞

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to AlejandroCB
‎02-06-2026 05:30 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

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x_cruisser
New Contributor
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-06-2026 06:24 PM

Hi @Jim_Anderson, I have completed machine learning, but i didn't receive any coupon codes. 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to AlejandroCB
‎02-06-2026 05:30 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

youssef_bhj
New Contributor II
‎02-06-2026 12:20 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,

I have completed all 4 modules under Associate Data Engineering Pathway . But I haven't received my certificate voucher!!

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to youssef_bhj
‎02-06-2026 05:30 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

DbaGeo
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-06-2026 05:56 AM

@Jim_Anderson 

I didn't receive it, can you see my case please???

uepa.pap@gmail.com

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bsoumya
New Contributor II
‎02-06-2026 12:24 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson,

I have completed all 4 modules under Associate Data Engineering Pathway . However I am yet to recieve my certificate voucher

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to bsoumya
‎02-06-2026 05:30 AM

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 DM me with the email associated with your academy account if not, and I'll investigate further 🙂 

Dhanugm
Visitor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-06-2026 05:56 AM

Hi @Jim_Anderson

I haven't received my certificate voucher yet. Please take a look. Thanks

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