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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
1,939 Comments
devarshipandey
New Contributor II

Completed all 4 modules from the ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING Learning Plan!
Great content.. Hoping to get the voucher to complete the certification as well

Congratulations! I'm glad you enjoyed the materiel 🙂 

aarora25
Visitor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson , i have completed datawarehousing practitioner, Will I get certification coupon next week? 

Congrats! Yes, we'll be distributing all incentives on Feb 6 🙂 

srk83
Visitor II

Could you please confirm the time zone and end time for January 30, 2026?

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

23:59:59 UTC-12:00

srinivasanrk
New Contributor II

Completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING

Riitzme
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson 
I have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING. Thankyou for the awesome course. Looking forward to the discount coupon and clearing the exam soon
Kindly share the coupon here email address: riddhichopdekar22@gmail.com

Thanks and regards.

Jim_Anderson
Databricks Employee
Databricks Employee

Thanks for participating! There is no need to share your email - we will pull this on the backend 🙂 

cuong_nguyen
Visitor II

I have completed two learning path on 01/25/2026 

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My email is : cuong.nguyen.gin99@gmail.com

When will I receive the voucher? Thank you

 

All vouchers will be distributed on Feb 6 🙂 

yash_m22
New Contributor II

Just finished all 4 modules for Data Engineer Professional Certification path. When can we expect the voucher codes ?

Feb 6 🙂 

Jagadeesh_Babu
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson 


I have completed LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING. Thankyou for the awesome course. Looking forward to the discount coupon and clearing the exam soon


Kindly share the coupon here email address: ejbabu@gmail.com

Thanks and regards.

arcsle09plus
Visitor II

what will be the exipry date of voucher that we will get ?

2 May 2026 🙂 

PravinKumar_S
New Contributor II

Hello @Jim_Anderson,

I have completed both modules from the Data Analyst Learning Plan: "Learning Pathway 3: DATA ANALYSTS" and Eagerly waiting for the voucher.

Thank you.

V_Srinivas
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson, I have completed all 4 modules for Associate Data Engineer, Would like to know if I will continue to have access to these modules after the closure of the event for further reference. 

Congrats! Yes, all modules will remain accessible 🙂 

akash_99
New Contributor II

Hi @Jim_Anderson ,
Thank you for taking this initiative—it really helped me gain deeper insights into Databricks. I’ve successfully completed the Associate Data Engineer learning path and truly found it valuable.
Looking forward to the incentive.

Regards,
Akash S