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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
1,942 Comments
KrisKoloski
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 01:06 AM

Hi,

I have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS

AmirVahed
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 01:35 AM

I have finalized the associate and professional data engineer pathway.

rockper
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 01:52 AM

Completed the Data Warehousing Practitioner Learning Plan. Thank you.

balamts
Visitor II
‎01-31-2026 02:21 AM

Hi Team, 

 

I have completed the all 4 training modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

 

how can i claim for 50% discount for exam voucher

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to balamts
‎02-02-2026 01:34 AM

We'll distribute a voucher to each eligible participant on Feb 06 🙂 

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raulsena
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 02:33 AM

Just finished the LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING - looking forward to receiving the discount voucher 

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rklearning
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 02:33 AM

Hello @Jim_Anderson ,

I've completed the LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING and its quizzes.

Thank You

amol777
New Contributor
In response to rklearning
‎02-03-2026 07:54 AM

Keep it up.

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PrakashRam22
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 03:01 AM

Hi,

Completed, LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING, looking forward to receiving the discount voucher 

 

 

shahrukhnasir7
Visitor II
‎01-31-2026 03:02 AM

Hi, is the event officially over? I have completed 2 out of 4 modules, but haven't able to complete the other two 😞 I would love to complete them and get my voucher, if Databricks allows some grace period 🙂 Thanks. 

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Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to shahrukhnasir7
‎02-02-2026 01:34 AM

Unfortunately we can't allow any extensions for this event, but please note we run this initiative pretty regularly, so look out for our next event if you'd like to qualify for the incentives 🙂 

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Shreyansh8
Visitor II
‎01-31-2026 03:13 AM

Hi Team, I have completed the all 4 training modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 2: PROFESSIONAL DATA ENGINEERING.

Thank You.

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shijin1328
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 03:15 AM

Completed path LEARNING PATHWAY 8:  DATA WAREHOUSING PRACTITIONER, thank you for the awesome course.

Alisha2
Visitor II
‎01-31-2026 03:17 AM

Completed all 4 trainings of learning pathway 1

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elandau14
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 03:21 AM

I have completed the 2 training modules in LEARNING PATHWAY 3: DATA ANALYSTS.

MayureshPatil98
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 03:22 AM

Just finished the LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING - looking forward to receiving the discount voucher

mayankgaur
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 03:57 AM

Just finished the LEARNING PATHWAY 5: PROFESSIONAL ML PRACTITIONERS - looking forward to receiving the discount voucher

MadhurJain
New Contributor II
‎01-31-2026 04:35 AM

I have completed the learning path. How will I be getting the discount vouchers?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee
In response to MadhurJain
‎02-02-2026 01:35 AM

We'll distribute a voucher to each eligible participant on Feb 06 🙂 

MadhurJain
New Contributor II
In response to Jim_Anderson
‎02-02-2026 02:51 AM

Can u let me know if I was able to complete within the window?

 

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