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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 my email is miriampaul788@gmail.com

NitinPTakalkar
Visitor II

Hopeless support!

@Jim_Anderson I have completed whichever is of my interested topics - why I'm not issued the Voucher. This is very disappointing. 

What do you mean by Visitor II status. I want to get the voucher on my personal email id nitinptakalkar@gmail.com and not keen to get on my company email id.

shamshadsk765
Visitor II

@Jim_Anderson , @StephanieAlba 

I have completed modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS.  But I have not received the voucher so far. Could you please check

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

FHT231
New Contributor

Hi @Jim_Anderson @ I have completed the LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS. May I know when I will receive my coupon code for the certification?

My Username: meerahtahir@gmail.com

Associated Email: meerahtahir@gmail.com 

I have attached a screenshot that portrays my completion of the aforementioned course. I also have the completion certificates for both modules.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

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

Karmishs
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson 

I finishen the LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING path but yet to recieve the vouccher too. My email is vannghia943@gmail.com. Many thanks.

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

Chintan11
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson  , I have completed the courses but not yet received the 50% voucher.

Register Email Id:- Chintanbambharoliya11@gmail.com

Unfortunately the only module listed as completed on your account is the Databricks Data Privacy module. Please note, all four modules from the Professional Data Engineering learning pathway needed to be completed to prepare for the certification and qualify for the incentives mentioned in the post

kadareAshwini20
Visitor II

I have completed the course, but still not received the coupon.

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

ankita_meher
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson  , I have completed the courses but not yet received the 50% voucher.

Register Email Id:- meheranki18@gmail.com

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

Rohan9Majhi
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson I have completed the module successfully. Yet haven't recieved the voucher mail.
Please help
registered email_id :- rohan.majhi@tothenew.com

Unfortunately the DevOps Essentials for Data Engineering module is still listed as in progress, meaning the Associate Data Engineering track was not completed during the timeframe

UK8
Visitor II

Hello @Jim_Anderson 
I received the voucher. Thanks. I am trying to schedule for a certification and I see two options "Online" and "Online Proctored".

Does both the options provide the official fully recognized Databricks certification exam? or will the "Online" option only provide a certificate of completion?

Thanks.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Could you please share an example of this? All certifications should be proctored as far as I'm aware.

mallikdwh
Visitor II

Hi,

I haven't received my coupon yet.  I have completed the LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING !!!.   Please verify and help.

my email id:mallikdwh@yahoo.com

Thanks,

Mallik